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Nerodia (water snake)

Reptilia - Colubridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Nerodia Baird and Girard
1979Nerodia Behler and King
1985Nerodia Holman
1988Nerodia Carroll
1995Nerodia Parmley and Holman p. 84
2010Nerodia Parmley and Hunter p. 536
2017Nerodia Mead and Steadman p. 436

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
familyColubridae
subfamilyNatricinaeBonaparte 1838
genusNerodiaBaird and Girard 1853

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Nerodia Baird and Girard 1853 [water snake]
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Nerodia erythrogaster Clark 1903 [plain-bellied water snake]
Nerodia fasciata Linnaeus 1766 [banded water snake]
Nerodia floridana Goff 1936 [Florida green watersnake]
†Nerodia hibbardi Holman 1962
†Nerodia hillmani Wilson 1968
Nerodia rhombifer Hallowell 1852 [diamondback water snake]
Nerodia sipedon Linnaeus 1758 [northern water snake]
Nerodia taxispilota Holbrook 1842 [brown water snake]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousg
Diet: carnivoreg
Diet 2: piscivoreg
Created: 2005-09-06 16:00:07
Modified: 2005-09-06 18:00:07
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Behler and King 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Holocene or 16.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 12.5 Ma

Collections (61 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Nerodia indet. (18208) Nerodia sp. (18141 27481)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Kansas) Natrix hillmani (18450)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Nerodia sp. (188779)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) Natrix sp. (18554)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Nerodia sp., Nerodia hillmani (18327)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Nerodia sp. (18225)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Nerodia sp. (18247)
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan10.3 - 1.8USA (Tennessee) Nerodia sp. (26574)
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan10.3 - 1.8USA (Indiana) Nerodia sp., Nerodia erythrogaster (18320)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Arizona) Natrix sp. (19661)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Nebraska) Natrix sp. (19963) Nerodia rhombifera, Nerodia sp., Nerodia rhombifer (27572) Nerodia sipedon (19960) Nerodia sp. (19954)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Florida) Nerodia sp. (19753) Nerodia taxispilota (19764)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Kansas) Natrix sp. (19922 19931 19936 19940)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) Nerodia erythrogaster, Nerodia floridana (20384)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Nerodia sipedon (123875 124319 125951)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Nerodia sp. (227368)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Maryland) Natrix sipedon (20302)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Natrix sipedon (20332 20390 20516) Natrix sp. (20165 20295 20301 20391) Nerodia sipedon (20293 20422 20423)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Pennsylvania) Nerodia sipedon (20354)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Texas) Nerodia erythrogaster (20530) Nerodia fasciata (20337)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (South Dakota) Natrix sipedon, Natrix sp. (20389)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Oklahoma) Natrix sp. (20151 20309) Nerodia sp. (20157)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Nerodia sp., Nerodia fasciata (20402)
Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean1.8 - 0.012USA (Kansas) Natrix sipedon (20492)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Nerodia sp. (20440)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) Nerodia sp. (144663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Natrix sipedon (13066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Natrix sipedon (154921)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Nerodia fasciata (20604)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Natrix sipedon (20638 154922) Nerodia taxispilota (154910)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Missouri) Natrix sipedon (75995)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Nerodia sipedon (103358)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Kansas) Natrix sp. (20605)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Nerodia floridana (20629)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Nerodia sipeodon (84181)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Nerodia sp. (227371)